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with gray limestone cliffs in some places.  This country is forested by a great variety of tropical trees some of which were in blossom.  A notable one is a walnut like tree in foliage & smooth white bark which bears a profusion of immense rose red flowers.  Another small tree bearing lavander flowers in great panicles was notable.
Figs & bamboos were numerous in the forest.  One of the largest lianas or vines bore the dried pods of a [[striekthrough]] grat [[/strikethrough]] great bean 18 inch in length & 1 1/2 inch broad.  A common tree was the [[?biled]] leaved leguminous one seen first [[strikethrough nea [[/strikethrough]] below Shih-tien.  Feathery leaved acacias like trees were also seen & in spots a great spreading banyan.  After taking tiffin at the ferry we travelled down the valley following the Nan-ting river